Once upon a time (OK, a few months ago), one had to stay within earshot of the PC to enjoy streaming audio programming from Web “radio” stations. Now, Internet radio is breaking free of the PC and rapidly infiltrating real life.
At December’s Streaming Media West trade show, Sonicbox showcased its imBand [...]
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Colorado’s pitcher Pedro Astacio led the Rockies in virtually every pitching category in the 1999 season. A judge has ruled that Colorado Rockies pitcher Pedro Astacio can withdraw his no contest plea to domestic-violence charges because he was unaware that the plea would trigger deportation proceedings against him.
Although Arapahoe County [...]
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Devin Bush is a safety for the NFL’s St. Louis Rams.
Police have decided not to file charges against two NFL players they witnessed fighting after Sunday’s NFC championship game in St. Louis.
The altercation occurred in a tunnel underneath the TWA Dome after the St. Louis Rams defeated the Tampa Bay [...]
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Veteran tabloid journalist Steve Dunleavy currently writes a column for the New York Post.
An episode of “air rage” on the ground landed a New York newspaper columnist covering the presidential campaign in lockup, police said.
New York Post columnist Steve Dunleavy was arrested Saturday after allegedly threatening employees at a United [...]
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Researchers have stopped the growth of tumors in a group of advanced-stage cancer patients for over a year using an anti-copper agent.
The University of Michigan researchers reported that a drug called tetrathiomolybdate (TM) stopped cancer tumors from growing by depriving them of copper, which tumors need to grow new blood vessels.
“What began [...]
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James Wynne was checking his online order Friday at Outpost.com, he noticed something curious — he could check orders from other people, too.
He noticed that the long Web page address for his transaction included his order number, and decided to see what happened if he changed a digit to try and access [...]
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On 3 May 1999, Oklahoma was slammed by more than 70 tornadoes that would kill 44 people before the day was through.
While the media focused on the killer storms and subsequent rescue operations, some Oklahomans were using timely meteorological data to scan for tornado-bearing thunderstorms.
Emergency management director for Seminole County, Herb Gunter [...]
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On Thursday President Bill Clinton, in a display of his favorable attitude toward biotechnology, proclaimed January National Biotechnology Month.
“Today, a third of all new medicines in development are based on biotechnology,” Clinton said. “Designed to attack the underlying cause of an illness, not just its symptoms, these medicines have tremendous potential to [...]
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A domain name registrar recently accredited by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has allegedly released for sale several URLs that had already been purchased.
Customers say BulkRegister recently sold several domain names to customers then released them for sale again a day or two later. The names were later [...]
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Researchers have developed a powerful, miniature fuel cell that may one day replace traditional batteries in laptop computers, cellular phones and other devices.
Motorola, the world’s No. 2 wireless phone maker, said Wednesday scientists at its labs and at Los Alamos National Laboratory used liquid methanol to power the cells, which last [...]
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